Lydia Bongiorno

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defense/Midfield
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Marblehead, Mass.
High School:
Marblehead

2024: Started all 15 games … Tallied an assist against Stetson (Mar. 25) … Finished the season with 12 ground balls and six caused turnovers … Recorded a season-high three ground balls against Sacred Heart.

2023: Served as a team captain … Started all 14 games … Second on the team with 24 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers … Also had 10 draw controls on the year … Caused a season-high three turnovers against Dartmouth (April 8) … Twice picked up a season-high four ground balls, against UAlbany (Feb. 25) and Penn (April 22).

2022: Played in all 15 games, making 13 starts ... Totaled 16 ground balls, three caused turnovers, and two draw controls ... Had a season-high three ground balls three times ... Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Team did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020: Appeared in one game for the Bears in her rookie campaign.

Before Brown: Competed in lacrosse and indoor track at Marblehead High School … Scored 224 career goals … Two-time Academic All-American (2018, 2019) ... Named Eastern Massachusetts Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association First Team All Star in 2019 ... Four-time North East Conference All Star ... Received the North East Conference Female Scholar Athlete Award (2019) ... Also played for 3d Lacrosse ... Received the Harvard Book Award in 2018.

Personal: Daughter of Mary and Tony Bongiorno … Has two siblings, Anthony and Mia … Undecided on a concentration.